Chapter 1394 - I Only Want You (1/2)
“You were the one who didn’t want me in the first place,” Jing Chu said with tears in her eyes. Just how did something like this happen to me? I can’t believe Pei Ling is my son.
Jing Chu teared up uncontrollably at the thought of Pei Ling calling her “Mommy” when she first met him at the kindergarten.
“Did I say that I didn’t want you?”
“You didn’t, but your actions spoke louder than words.” He let go of Jing Chu and allowed her to sit up straight beside him.
“My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago and she wanted me to marry Tian Tian. She refused to accept anyone else as her daughter-in-law except Tian Tian. However, Tian Tian and I were only married in name and I didn’t want her to have my children either.”
He had come to the decision to tell her everything tonight, after much consideration.
He was afraid that she would develop feelings for the divorced Su Yan.
After all, Su Yan was a pretty good catch.
Jing Chu placed a hand on her face and began bawling loudly, completely losing control of her emotions. She screeched, “How could you do this to me? I’ve already made up my mind to sever all ties with you and yet you’re telling me now that your son is my son too? Pei Yi, why did you do this to me? How did I let you down in any way!?! You knew clearly that I wasn’t the one who picked up the money, yet you didn’t defend me or clear the misunderstanding for me. Instead, you made me go to jail, all because she’s your wife, the woman whom your mother was incredibly fond of! You made me stay imprisoned for two years!”
“I’ll make it up to you.”
Staring at him with tears in her eyes, Jing Chu retorted, “Make it up to me? How are you going to do that? With money? Are you going to throw me into prison again?”
“My mother is in critical condition now. I can’t tell her about this or risk upsetting her, so I’ll divorce Tian Tian and marry you after my mother passes away. Alright?”
He would rarely make promises to others, especially women.
Jing Chu did not want to marry him at all, although she was very concerned about her child. “I won’t marry you.”
Pei Yi asked in surprise, “Why? Don’t you want to give our son a complete family?”
“I don’t want him to grow up in an unstable environment where his security is threatened. You’ve killed so many people and made so many enemies. I would be putting myself in danger by marrying you. You’re just like a ticking time bomb. Why would I get close to you if I know that you’re dangerous? Besides, you don’t care about me at all. Once bitten, twice shy. Just let me meet Pei Ling frequently from now on.”
“…”
However, it was not the outcome that Pei Yi wanted. He decided to reveal the truth to her in hopes that she would return to him. He had never met her face to face throughout the past two years, but he had visited the women’s prison a few times before to take a few glances at her without her knowledge.
It seemed that it was necessary to adopt a tougher attitude.
“Jing Chu, I’m giving you two options now. One is to return to my side and be with Pei Ling every day, and the other is to sever ties with me completely. Do whatever you want with your life but you’ll never get to see Pei Ling again. I’m being serious.”
“…”
She would definitely pick the second option if he did not drag Pei Ling into this. Yet…
“I’ll make a decision after seeing the DNA report.”
“We’ll get a DNA test done now.”
“It’s nighttime now!”
“You can get it done anytime as long as you have money.” He then got inside the driver’s seat and took her away.
He headed back to Mount Qingping and placed Pei Ling on the backseat of the car. She stared at Pei Ling, who was sitting quietly on the child booster seat, wanting to caress his head but unable to bring herself to do so.
Pei Ling was very obedient and did not throw any tantrums at all. Instead, he was focused on playing with the toy in his hand and did not make a single sound.
Pei Yi brought the two of them to the DNA test center.
The test center had already closed for the day. However, two men appeared at the entrance to welcome them shortly after Pei Yi made a call.
Pei Yi handed Jing Chu’s and Pei Ling’s hair samples to the men and instructed them to get the test carried out.